Enjoy the beautiful weather; it won't last

With this beautiful weather, these wonderful temperatures make me dread the winter months more and more.

When I think of Halloween and hunting season being right around the corner, it sends chills up my spine. Not because of the holiday or hunting but it's normally cold and damp.

Get out and enjoy these days while you can and have a wonderful week!

Have some Halloween Fun in the Park in Forty Fort

Families for Forty Fort Park is sponsoring "Halloween Fun in the Park" from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Forty Fort Park.

There will be a costume parade, games, basket raffle and treat bags for the kids. Food and beverages will be served while supplies last. Rain date is Oct. 27.

Swoyersville groups plan Halloween parade

Swoyersville Kiwanis Club, Catholic War Veterans Memorial Post 1601, American Legion Post 644 and other local organizations will host the annual Halloween Parade on Oct. 26. Set up begins at 10:30 a.m. at Roosevelt Field, Church and Tripp streets, Swoyersville. Parade starts at 11 along Church Street to the Swoyersville American Legion where children will be treated to snacks and refreshments. Contests are held for the most original, scariest, cutest and overall best costumes. Prizes will be awarded to each in age groups 4 and under, 5 to 8, and 9 to 12. In event of rain, children should go directly to the American Legion. Children from local communities are invited to participate in the event.

Ziti dinner

The Wyoming Valley Masonic Hall Association will sponsor a ziti and meatball dinner from 3 to 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Forty Fort United Methodist Church Social Hall, Wyoming and Yeager avenues.

Take outs will be available. Event is all you can eat. Donation is $7 a ticket. For information, call 570-287-4129.

Each ticket is $10. Take outs, with a drive through option, will be available. A very limited number of walk-ins will be accepted. Advance tickets purchases are encouraged.

For tickets, see any S.P.C.A.A. member, or contact Danielle Spencer at 570-606-7592 or Stanley Sopata at 570-899-7164. They can arrange a time to drop off tickets at your convenience within 10 miles of Swoyersville.

Those with information or memorabilia of Kingston's past are asked to contact Sandra Kase, society president, at sandrakase@aol.com.

Spaghetti dinner

Rotary Club of Plymouth will sponsor its third annual spaghetti and meatball dinner from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Plymouth American Legion Post 463, Center Avenue, Plymouth. Event is eat in or take out. Donation is $8. Tickets may be purchased from any Plymouth Rotarian or at the door the day of the event. All proceeds benefit Rotary community service projects. JK Karavis, Rotary club president, is chairing the event.

Public lecture at Sem

The Louis Maslow STEM School at Wyoming Seminary will present a lecture, "The New Frontiers of Learning: How MOOCs and Gaming Technology are Changing Education" at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Buckingham Performing Arts Center, North Sprague Avenue, Kingston. Lecture is free to the public.

Dr. Scott Garrigan, an educator, technologist and futurist, will discuss Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which now enroll more than four million students, including thousands of high school students, in a variety of subjects. He also will describe how digital technology is likely to change teaching and learning, and will explain how pioneering schools are adopting a model to adapt their teaching methods to today's students and technologies. A question and answer period will follow his lecture.

Garrigan, now professor of practice of teaching, learning and technology in the Lehigh University Graduate College of Education, has developed and taught international and regional online courses for Discovery Education and Wilkes and Lehigh Universities.

This lecture is part of a monthly series presented by the Louis Maslow STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) School at Wyoming Seminary and developed by Rachel Bartron, STEM School director. The lectures are intended to show the integration and application of science, technology, engineering and mathematics across disciplines and within society. Contact Bartron at rbartron@wyoming seminary.org.

Barbara Pitcavage writes about the West Side. She can be reached at rocko1245@aol.com.

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